Israeli politician slammed for saying country should not 'kill babies for a hobby'

Israel

TEL AVIV Israeli government and opposition leaders condemned on Tuesday a left-wing politician, Yair Golan, after he said in a radio interview that "a sane country... does not kill babies for a hobby". " Israel is on the path to becoming a pariah state among the nations — like the South Africa of old — if it does not return to behaving like a sane country," said Golan, chairman of Israel's Democrats party. "A sane country does not wage war against civilians, does not kill babies for a hobby,